[HPforGrownups] Re: Dumbledore's watch / Legilimens

[Helen R. Granberry]

No: HPFGUIDX 89396


Helen:

> The thing is though... if Dumbledore is a Legilimens, he had to have
> known that Peter was the traitor way back when. Whether or not he is
> Ron, he knew anyway. 
>

pisk:

Well, being a Legilimens doesn't mean that you know everything 
everyone thinks. And if he's not Ron, he didn't know that there was 
going to be a traitor at all.
It's not like he'd go through the heads of all the people in the 
Order on a daily basis to check for traitors. I tend to see 
legilimency as something rude, that Dumbledore wouldn't do unless he 
knew he had to. Voldemort, well, he's Voldemort. 


Helen again...

Think about this logically for a moment... they know there is a traitor.
They are in the middle of a war. Dumbledore, as a Legilimens, *knows*
when someone is lying to him. This is exactly what he tells Harry what
went down with Kreacher. This is life and death; forget about rudeness,
Dumbledore is going to ask people probing questions, even if they aren't
aware that is what he is doing. He's going to notice if Peter is
uncomfortable and shifty. He's going to notice if Peter is lying. For
him to otherwise would be worse than rude, it would be downright
suicidal. 


Helen (who thinks either way, Dumbledore knew)